Truth be told, I haven't really kept up with Dashhacker's progress on his reverse engineering of the PS3's Remote Play feature. It's still good to hear that he's made great strides towards finally releasing a usable app, though. There's even talk of an Open Remote Play beta out by Friday.

Here's a little something for those who have trouble remembering the XML tags needed to add homebrew applications to the Wii's Homebrew Channel. This app is called HBCXMLGen. It automatically generates the XML file that you need in order to add an app to the Homebrew Channel.


Download: HBCXMLGen v0.0.1

Blizzard QA Hortus has released an updated issues list for the World of Warcraft Public Test Realm. Those testing patch 2.4 should go over this list so they don't end up wasting time reporting what the developers are already in the process of fixing. To see the list, head on over to the full article.

As with any patch that's still in development, Patch 2.4 for World of Warcraft's Public Test Realm still has a few bugs crawling around. Blizzard poster Hortus has posted a list of currently known bugs for Patch 2.4. Check it out in the full article.

The architecture that Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) is based upon allows peer-to-peer networking of PC units, networked appliances, and even some wireless devices. Sony's PlayStation 3 clearly fits into that list but it's kind of curious why people haven't tried it yet on the console.

Online site PS3mods has compiled a list of UPnP media servers for Windows, Mac OSX, Linux, and Python. They mentioned that among the ones listed below, they were only able to test Nero MediaHome. It was working alright but it wasn't a perfect fit.

Feel free to try the media servers below yourselves. If the PS3 is compatible with any of these, the media servers will appear on the XMB right away, doing away with accessing the web browser first.

• Allegro Media Server (Mac OSX, Windows - commercial)
• Cidero Internet Radio Server (Java - open source)
• Cyberlink Digital Home Enabler Kit (Windows - commercial)
• CyberMediaGate - (C++ - open source)
• EyeConnect - (Mac OSX - commercial)
• Fuppes (Windows, Linux, port to NAS has been reported - open source)
• Geexbox (Linux - open source)
• GMediaServer (Linux - open source)
• MediaTomb (Linux, port to NAS has been reported - open source)
• Musimatch Jukebox (Windows - commercial)
• MythTV (Linux - open source)
• Nero MediaHome (Windows - commercial)
• On2Share (Windows - commercial)
• PyMeds (Python - open source)
• Rhapsody (Mac, Windows - commercial)
• SimpleCenter (Java Based - commercial)
• TVersity (Windows - closed source, currently free)
• TwonkyVision (Linux, Windows, NAS - commercial)
• uShare (Linux, NAS - open source)
• Windows Media Connect (Windows - closed source, currently free)

Well actually, it has been run natively, but it doesn't mean it loves OSX. In fact, M. Gagnon, the GIMP tweaker who we extracted this find from, has been able to build the GNU Image Manipulation Program in Mac OSX with Imiendo's GTK+ porting kit.

This isn't exactly new, but the porting of GIMP to Mac OSX is actually common practice for GTK+ porters, so that they can experience the porting process first-hand and then begin their own porting projects in greater detail. While it isn't exactly required that you know Linux code, it would be a great help to know if what you're doing is right.

But more importantly, perhaps, is that direct porting isn't always as simple as cha-cha. For a basic port, GIMP will sneeze a few glitches once in a while. But more often than not, it wouldn't be safe at all for everyone to use. Plus, as Gagnon found out, the ported program is difficult to distribute because of lack of package support.

If there's anything that you know that you think could help, hop on over to the GTK+ dev site and suggest your input at the forums. It's here you'll be able to view a step-by-step guide to performing your own port.

Team S.F.I (Software for idiots!) have just released an update to the Mac Content Manager for all the Mac OSX users here. Even though this application is still in its infancy, it already has a lot of cool features. Here's the changelog for the latest version:

• Installing Homebrew in GAME , GAME150 , GAME271.
• Copying Music.
• Installing Devhook.
• Copying Photos (TIFF).
• Fixed a bug (if the files was not transfer ed it said it was transfered)

The unique warrior, one of the authors of this app, was also quick to mention that the upcoming versions will have more features like installing and backing up save data among other things. The team would also like to thank everyone for their support and Apple for being awesome.

Download Link: [Mac Content Manager Beta v1.00a]
View: [Forum Release Thread]

We just had the release of PSP Content Manager v1.5 by uFox earlier today for Windows users. Here comes another PSP homebrew organizer, this time for Mac users.

Thanks to the release of Team S.F.I's Mac Content Manager Beta, you no longer have to install all your homebrew manually using your Mac OSX operating system. This content manager manages your homebrew games and applications, and it also includes an option to install Dark_Alex's amazing 2.71 SE-B firmware!

Here's the changelog:

Current features

• Installing Homebrew on GAME , GAME150 , GAME271
• Installing Music

To be added

• TIFF homebrew install
• Photo Install
• Other exciting features!

The PSP homebrew scene is expanding its range of users, from Mac to Windows and from PSP firmware 1.00 - 2.80 and still going! Make sure you stay tuned to PSP Updates for the latest ground-breaking PSP applications 24/7!

Download: [Mac Content Manager Beta]
Discuss: [Forum Release Thread]

Ecto continues the Kung-Log tradition of being the best desktop blogging client out there for Mac OSX and Windows users. It supports a wide range of weblog systems, such as Blogger, Blojsom, Drupal, MovableType, Nucleus, TypePad, and WordPress.

The key feature of ecto is that unlike your weblog's control panel, you can use this application offline and enjoy the perks of writing and manage entries with the aid of tools like spellcheck, creating links, attachments, and much more.

Adriaan is still keeping us in suspense on ecto3. Currently, he is taking his time on the full rewrite of ecto2 to ecto3, so we'll have to wait a little more. Good thing he released v2.4.1 as a worthwhile filler. Adriaan says, "I have decided to release an Intel build of ecto 2.4.1. It is not fully tested and no support will be provided, but it should be a good interim solution for those having trouble running the PPC version on intel Macs."

Changelog:

• Added localization files to the build.

Download: [Intel build of ecto 2.4.1]

Dagowatt, a coder from the iR Shell forums, has released a new updated version of his nethostfs application for use with Ahman's recently released homebrew shell program for the PSP, iR Shell v2.1. nethostfs allows iR Shell to interface with your PC and load files from it. It permits you to view and execute applications using files from your PC via a WiFi connection - just like having your PC hard drive in your memory stick slot.

This latest version is a Mac OSX port for nethostfs v1.5. It is currently in a beta stage and as such may include a few bugs. The only known bug at the moment means if you listen to a .mp3, you can not open .JPG files from your PC. This has been tested with iR Shell v2.1, but any bugs should be reported to Dagowatt in order to improve this program for future releases.

Have fun browsing your PC with your PSP - no wires required! If you don't have a WiFi router, remember that you can find the Mac OSX version of usbhostfs (the same as nethostfs but using the USB cable instead of Wi-Fi) here.

Download: [nethostfs for Mac OSX v1.5 beta]